These days,
there's hardly a problem more important than judicial activism and
there's hardly anyone who knows better how to deal with that
problem than the former Chief Justice of the Alabama supreme
court, Judge Roy Moore.

That's why Missouri First wanted to get Judge
Moore and the Missouri legislature together - we did just that
Tuesday, January 25th with the special help of Mark
Sutherland. Close to a hundred representatives and senators from
the majority caucus crowded into a hearing room at the capitol for
a lesson on the proper application of the constitution. They
learned that it IS constitutional for the state to
acknowledge God and that federal courts have no constitutional
jurisdiction when that right is challenged.

They also learned that it is the state
legislature's responsibility to do all it can to protect
the people from renegade federal judges. One thing our state
lawmakers can do is insist that the U.S. Congress pass the
Constitution Restoration Act of 2005 (CRA). This federal bill will
promote the proper application of the First Amendment by
preventing federal courts from hearing “acknowledgment of
God” cases. Missouri First is promoting a state
resolution through which the House and Senate will implore our
federal lawmakers to pass CRA.

Representative
Mark Wright is the sponsor of our CRA resolution.

Representative Mark Wright is the House sponsor of our
resolution and Senator Rob Mayer is sponsoring the Senate version.
We are anticipating dozens of co-sponsors and a strong vote that
will send a positive message to Washington DC.

Judge
Moore said he was very pleased with the visit.

These resolutions are not the only
way we will be dealing with judicial activism this session. We
will support Rep. Ed Emery's effort to pass a resolution calling
for the impeachment of Judge Scott Wright, the
infamous federal judge who struck down our state's ban on partial
birth abortion.

To counter Missouri judges who want to legislate from the
bench, we are supporting Rep. Jim Lembke's bill to modify the so
called “non-partisan court plan” by requiring senate
confirmation of nominees to the state courts.

We also want to continue to work
toward restoring the viability of impeachment as a check
and balance of state government. Perhaps the single most important
thing to do on that front is to restore the constitution to it's
pre-1945 condition when impeachment trials were held by the
senate. In 1945, the constitution was changed so only
judges could sit as jurists in the trial phase of an
impeachment. Yes, that's right, the fox has been guarding the
chicken coop!

Judge Moore's visit helped provide a
valuable push for all of these projects by illustrating just how
bad the courts have gotten and also by making it clear that the
state legislature has a responsibility to do all it can to rein
them in.

YOU CAN HELP ENSURE THAT THESE PROJECTS SUCCEED
.............Missouri First members can help right from
home. First, write letters to your state lawmakers asking them to
do something about the courts. Next, forward this email to your
like-minded friends and relatives; and, or print and distribute it
to your neighbors. You will soon find other ways to help posted on
our web site www.mofirst.org